The Committee of the Commission, having duly considered
the Petition to Intervene before it, filed by the
Transmission Agency of Northern California ("TANC"), finds
as follows:

On December 17, 1999, TANC filed a Petition to
Intervene (Petition) in the Elk Hills Power Project AFC
proceedings, Docket No. 98-AFC-1;

The Petition was not timely filed in accordance with
the Committee’s Revised Scheduling Order dated November 22,
1999 (Revised Order), which was docketed on November 23,
1999. [Cal. Code of Regs., title 20, section 1203 (f).];

Moreover, TANC is an experienced Intervenor,
represented by Counsel, having recently successfully
intervened in a similarly situated siting case before the
Energy Commission;

The Applicant filed opposition to said Petition;

The Applicant argues both that TANC’s Petition is
untimely under the Committee’s Revised Order, and that the
Committee has no regulatory jurisdiction to entertain TANC’s
contentions of monetary impact to a preexisting contract
with PG&E and line congestion on the Midway Substation to
Northern California path of concern to TANC;

The Committee takes judicial notice that the Cal-ISO
docketed its Elk Hills Assessment on October 29, 1999, and
found that no facilities beyond the first point of
interconnection are required to be constructed on the
Midway-Northern California path of concern to TANC;

Accordingly, the Committee is not persuaded that TANC
has presented reasonable grounds for intervention as a party
in the Elk Hills proceeding;

However, the Committee will act favorably on TANC’s
request for intervention only to the extent that it would
entail briefing of issues and submittal of comment on
decisions pertinent to the issues TANC raises; and